<para>
It is recommended that the Kea DHCPv6 server be started and stopped
- using <command>keactrl</command> (described in <xref linkend="keactrl"/>).
- However, it is also possible to run the server directly; it accepts
+ using <command>keactrl</command> (described in <xref linkend="keactrl"/>);
+ however, it is also possible to run the server directly. It accepts
the following command-line switches:
</para>
logging should be switched to verbose mode. In verbose mode,
the logging severity and debuglevel specified in the configuration
file are ignored and "debug" severity and the maximum debuglevel
- (99) are assumed. The flag is convenient, for temporarily
+ (99) are assumed. The flag is convenient for temporarily
switching the server into maximum verbosity, e.g. when
debugging.</simpara>
</listitem>
<simpara>
<command>-t <replaceable>file</replaceable></command> -
specifies the configuration file to be tested. Kea-dhcp6
- will attempt to load it, and will conduct sanity
+ will attempt to load it and will conduct sanity
checks. Note that certain checks are possible only while
running the actual server. The actual status is reported
with an exit code (0 = configuration looks ok, 1 = error
- encountered). Kea will print out log messages to standard
+ encountered). Kea prints out log messages to standard
output and errors to standard error when testing the
configuration.</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
- <command>-v</command> - prints out the Kea version and exits.
+ <command>-v</command> - displays the Kea version and exits.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
- <command>-V</command> - prints out the Kea extended version with
+ <command>-V</command> - displays the Kea extended version with
additional parameters and exits. The listing includes the versions
of the libraries dynamically linked to Kea.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
- <command>-W</command> - prints out the Kea configuration report
+ <command>-W</command> - displays the Kea configuration report
and exits. The report is a copy of the
<filename>config.report</filename> file produced by
<userinput>./configure</userinput>; it is embedded in the
<para>
The <filename>config.report</filename> may also be accessed more
- directly; the following command may be used to extract this
- information. The binary <userinput>path</userinput> may be found
+ directly, via the following command. The binary <userinput>path</userinput> may be found
in the install directory or in the <filename>.libs</filename>
subdirectory in the source tree. For example:
<filename>kea/src/bin/dhcp6/.libs/kea-dhcp6</filename>.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara><command>localstatedir</command>: The value as passed into the
- build configure script. It defaults to "/usr/local/var". Note
+ build configure script; it defaults to "/usr/local/var". Note
that this value may be overridden at runtime by setting the environment
variable KEA_PIDFILE_DIR. This is intended primarily for testing purposes.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara><command>conf name</command>: The configuration file name
- used to start the server, minus all preceding path and file extensions.
+ used to start the server, minus all preceding paths and the file extension.
For example, given a pathname of "/usr/local/etc/kea/myconf.txt", the
portion used would be "myconf".
</simpara>